The display-mode
CSS media feature can be used to test the display mode of an application. You can use it to provide a consistent user experience between launching a site from a URL and launching it from a desktop icon.
This feature corresponds to the Web app manifest's display
member. Both apply to the top-level browsing context and any child browsing contexts. The feature query applies regardless of whether a web app manifest is present.
Syntax
The display-mode
feature is specified as a keyword value chosen from the list below.
Display mode | Description | Fallback display mode |
---|---|---|
fullscreen |
All of the available display area is used and no user agent chrome is shown. | standalone |
standalone |
The application will look and feel like a standalone application. This can include the application having a different window, its own icon in the application launcher, etc. In this mode, the user agent will exclude UI elements for controlling navigation, but can include other UI elements such as a status bar. | minimal-ui |
minimal-ui |
The application will look and feel like a standalone application, but will have a minimal set of UI elements for controlling navigation. The elements will vary by browser. | browser |
browser |
The application opens in a conventional browser tab or new window, depending on the browser and platform. | (none) |
Examples
@media all and (display-mode: fullscreen) { body { margin: 0; border: 5px solid black; } }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web App Manifest The definition of 'display-mode' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
display-mode media feature | Chrome Full support 45 | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox
Full support
47
| IE No support No | Opera Full support 32 | Safari Full support 13 | WebView Android Full support 45 | Chrome Android Full support 45 | Firefox Android
Full support
47
| Opera Android Full support 32 | Safari iOS Full support 13 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.